A ‘revved up economy’ will help pay for my agenda, Trump says
Smaller outlets that publish favorable coverage of Trump and his administration were allowed to attend the press gaggle – including right-wing news site Breitbart, which was founded by Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon.
Among the topics he discussed was his decision to skip this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 29.
On Feb. 3, The New Yorker also canceled plans to host a party at the W hotel a block away from the Trump administration’s White House.
During President Barack Obama’s first address in 2009, more than 52.4 million people tuned in to watch- more than any other address during his time in office. He played a clip of Trump saying “Believe me” a very large number of times.
President Donald Trump is proposing a huge $54 billion surge in USA military spending for new aircraft, ships and fighters in his first federal budget while slashing big chunks from domestic programs and foreign aid to make the government “do more with less”.
“We also have to recognize that national security goes beyond Army brigades, Marine regiments, and the number of aircraft carriers at sea”, he said. Reports over the weekend indicated that White House press secretary Sean Spicer is cracking down on the leaks by taking measures such as random cell phone checks of White House staffers overseen by White House attorneys.
Since they now control the White House and Congress, Republicans are under pressure to fulfill their pledge to repeal and replace the Obamacare law although they have found no easy way to do it.
Trump: Well, you never know exactly what’s happening behind the scenes.
One of the officials said Trump’s request for the Pentagon included more money for shipbuilding, military aircraft and establishing “a more robust presence in key global waterways and chokepoints” such as the Strait of Hormuz and South China Sea.
According to Mashable, Trump elaborated on his reasoning later on during a Fox News interview.
Mr Trump said he would propose a budget that would ramp up spending on defence but seek savings elsewhere to pay for it.
I thought by now we’d be past the point of Donald Trump supporters trying to tell Hillary Clinton supporters how they should accept this president. He also said America has been treated unfairly by other countries.